Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-05-05
BENsON'S CONCLUSION.
Hx AEeEsEs RRPEs-DAvIs.

EraStu5 btfSonI was uiS-
ciple OF culture. 1t cwas his theory
that the highest order OF amotion and
affection, was only to be found 1850,
ciated with cultivation, He believed
the superior forms ofheroism, self-sac-
rifce and love, were impossible with
.the vfbde, u~aefsetsa massss,5 ms he
EXPRESSED it. They might indeed ex-
list, but the manifestations OF them
woutdy be inferior in kind and minor
in degree J. "
Naturally, he had been born in Bos-
ton. Providence would have commit
ted a great error to have located him
anywhere use. Indeed{ those who
knsw- MI. Benson best believed he
would have declined Opening his eyes
in another 81 t. He was slightly pes
simistic, and decidedly ;dyspeptic.
(Theretis popularb belief that the lat,
ter Includes the former.) And one
day his physician told him there was
also some bronchial affection that the
climate OF his native New England ag-
gdaYatad{ and strongly advised him
to 90 south for the winter.
! IL wasFlate January when he found
himself ii a hotel ID southern Georgia.
This hotel was q huge, rambling affair
built OF frame with verandas running
round aboutiti Tho house was chiefly
filled with women and children. 1t
was q kind of sanitarium built in the
Iniiasf bf pine wp9ds. iDI I'll
A''Whose bahamic perfumes carry healing
on their ~wings,PP {..,n ,.E
He walked out on the veranda. 1t
HaS February end an early spring.
Some one mad come in from the woods
With branches, Of yellowaessapine now
in45Foo1fr Aciiid fefd some branches
in it's hand. He leaned oyer and in
hailed the spicy fragrance of the bios
SONS. The,chlld a away SHY He
Jookedl alter her half-ihGlined to call
her back. He Thought he would like
to have her talk to him, yet he did
not know what to say He had never
known any children. While he was
standing therea stout, ,red.faeedman
came up to M5ssipa a way phatE Nj,
Benson would have Neutrality-suspicious..
ly familiarih BostenShere heratber
liked i~t
"Geodzmdrilfug gopasnelnine. j
saidfhe strasssr sat your name
he admitted bhar it wasin as cor
diaha-was as his natural stifipass
would perRiiE}F lI ~
Wei, my name is Hatch; Henry
Hatch, tosperIy Iof Amherst, Mass.
/ came from there over forty years
ago, when Il was Eyooy. fused to
know some folks of your name up
there" y
Then he sat sociably down on the
upper step leading to the yeranda and
began a, conversation, IN which Mr..
Bensoni to his surprise, found himself
joining wfthgreet ease
The Voiuble Hatch soon proved, to
lis own satisfactien at least, that the
BensonJamily ana his own NRere'ol J
atuuafhtahces.s - Il ~
At the1end1 ofhalf1 anlheur Benson
found himself pledged to go the next
day with hisSHew acssantanoe on q
little tripup the ocmu1gee river, 'To
see the ~aborigines," as Hatch put it.
The. following afternoon, with ap
alaerttY 30 which be could NOT but
feel hall ashamed, Mr.. Benson equip
ped himself for the journey. He even
waited bis .oompaGioh's coming with
an impatience that sat strangely on
one so studipusfy placid. -En yCT
When Hatch arrived he sufveyedthe
various articles of luggage with al in
dulgent smile.
az don't see what you want to tote
that umbrella for he remarked, at
the same time Indicating the article
in question with outstretched finger.
81 never travel without my umbrel-
la" replied Benson somewhat stiffly.
"All right, suit yourself" said
Hatch, with;tte manner OF one who
kindly consents to forgive little lido.
syncrasies on the part of his friends.
They wereto travel.by rail toA-
and then Rake The boat up the river.
The first part of the Journey occupied
but a few hours. 1t was nearly sun
set when they reached the little sta
ton. 1t was like the general run of
country stations in the south-a tong
wooden building with a group OF loaf
ers on the platform, the track, with its
| g~listening steel rails, running Between
the stretch OF inevitable pine trees.
To Mr.. Benson's utter consterna-
| ton, he found they would be obliged
| to-walk-a. tsestte- river, The
boat 6ehgsnoota TO the Opposite
BANK: Mr.: Hatch kindly relieved him
OF some of his luggage, allowing him to
retain bis umbrella. J. III
The Bostonian's pockAt,,s were stuff.
ed with various snfsn aftiaes that
could not becrowded Sntds the 5yhiiss,
though he had considSred1h szc fieces.
sary to his comfort. Mfr Hatch said
he was remindedIo pictures 81 Shs
donkeys in Italy, TRAVELLING aith load,
ed ~panniers, but Mr.. BeHsonssdid not
seem pleased when his attention was
called to the resemblance.
Before starting to trussthe testie, he
endeavored to induct the umbrella in,
to an already OVERT owing shawl strap.
The hmbrefa refused to be- coerced.
He fought with it valiantly, but to nc
purpose; it was a ScotchSgingham am.
brella, with the firmness ofwill t.tbraw
Scotchmen" are suppos ed to possess.
1t fairly -bristfed with offensive
points. Itjstruck him in the eve: ii
poked and prodded him till the drops
OF agony beaded- MS brow. He al.
most made an ihfammatory remark
as he gave up the struggle, and carried
the triumphant umbrella in{his hand.
What a walk he had over that a
row p~lanbSttAt Nas 2lady across the
tfesdeig~eaN WITH water blinking wick,
eddy at him from below, and the um
brella doin3itB best se trip hnm .up.
Finally he'shuthfs eyes and walked
by faith. WI 1TIryyfy q
clined plane that led toJthe STEAMER.
There it lay, a new, brightly painted
little boat; Tbs faptsiRh VAS sVbG
habit OF ornamenting his coaYersatior
WITH 1icdfesane e5plssyesT 81
Mr.. Benson experienced a shock o,
no mean order .whsh Chez found this
same captain looked on him as a be,
ing to be regarded with contelapt and
pitytor hayipa been horp a-.syaakee.l
'PfR eilCauntAa7 with. theA.uhasrelis
and the trestle work walk had left
Benson rather limp, and he retired
soon after supper. The boat did not
leave the landing till the next morning
and Mr.. Benson was up in time to ca,
an early breakfast. t|ALILih ~
He found "the powers that be" or
that boat were The cook and a red
Irish setter The dog lay in state,
with all mahKind to stepover him, ol
spent himselfin marks of derision and
wrath of low degree that might be vis'
IDLE at the several landings by thu